TN5252: A model for complex streptococcal conjugative transposons

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 418, Issue , 1997, Pages 1029-1032

  Alarcon Chaidez, Francisco ^a   Sampath, Janardhan ^a   Srinivas, Pravina ^a   Vijayakumar, Moses N ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030803633     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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